"Section and Elevation of a Wheel used by the Chinese for Raising Water"

Engraving by W. Skelton after William Alexander. Published by G.Nicol; London 1796.

Plate size:- 14.5 inches x 19.5 inches.

Printed on wove paper with watermark :- "J. Whatman 1794 "

Slight creasing to top left corner, which does not encroach on to plate, otherwise in very good, clean condition.

Price:- £75.00

Plate from Sir George Leonard Staunton's book: "An Authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China........" published 1796.

William Alexander ( 1767 - 1816 ) accompanied Lord Macartney to China; 1792 - 1794 , making drawings of life and landscape in that country, providing many of the first images of China available to the West.